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I ADJUSTABLE GUFP HOLDER. .No 386,001'. l Patented July l0, 1888.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH N. CLOUSE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ULRICH RUEDY, HARRY R.VADE, AND A. L. JUST, OF SAME PLACE.

ADJUSTABLE CUFF-HYOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 386,001, dated July10, 1888.

Application tiled February 3, 1887. Serial No. 226,484. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Re it known that I, JOSEPH N. CLOUSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State ofOhio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Combination Cuff-Buttons andvAdjustable Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device in which a cuttbutton is combined witha means ofholding and adjusting the cuff; and the object of my inventionis to provide a simple, cheap, and easily attached and adjusted devicethat will meet all the requirements of a button and an adjustable holderor fastening. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which* Figure l is a longitudinal verticalsection of a cuff and a portion of a sleeve and Wristband .with mydevice attached as abutton and holder.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of a cuff and a portion of asleeve and Wristband with my device attached as a button in the Fearhole of the cuff and an ordinary button in the front hole. Fig. 3 is afront View with the device attached as in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a groupshowing a face edge and end View of the holder and askeleton button.Fig. 5 is aface View of a holder With a nished button attached.

In all of these several views similar letters refer to like parts.

An ordinary cuff is represented by A.

B is a portion of the sleeve, and C the Wristband attached thereto.

D is an ordinary cuff-button in position in the cuff.

E is a stud-button in the Wristband of the sleeve.

F is a stud-button in the sleeve.

G is a stud-button in the back hole of the cuff.

H is my adjustable holder pivoted to askeleton button, L, or a finishedbutton, M. -The holder His formed of a single piece of springwire sobent as to form an opening, I, at one end, an intermediate portionhaving a series of openings, k lc, formed byastraight wire, J, and acorrugated or scalloped wire, K, lying parallel With and contiguous toeach other. The other end is formed into a straight section in Which thetWo wires lie parallel with and contiguous to each other. Then they arebent up together, so as to forman acute angle, h, and the end of eachone formed or turned into an eye or opening, z' z', around a pivot inthe skeleton button L or the back plate of the finished button M, thusforming a pivotal attachment of the holder H with the button L or M, theobject of Which is to give a perfect freedom of expansion to the wires Jand K,

so that the stud-button E or F Will pass alike v into any of theopenings k k, and thus give any adjustment desired to the cuff A, whichmay be done either by taking hold of the cu ff to pull or push it or bytaking hold of the upper end of the holder at the opening I to draw itin either direction desired. That portion of the wires from the acuteangle h up around the openings i i, I design to Hatten, so as to givemore surface to bear on thebutton-hole of the cuff, and by the acuteangle h a better hold is obtained in the button-hole of the cuff toprevent it from being easily displaced in i use. I design to adapt thisin use to all kinds and grades of nished and skeleton buttons.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new andldesire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A cuff-holder formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself, havinga center portion corrugated to form adjustments, and the two contiguousends of the wire bent at an acute angle and attached to a button bymeans of eyes, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Wit- IleSSeS.

JOSEPH N. CLOUSE. Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. TUCKER, JOHN T. GREER.

